Industrial Revolution/AoJ;AoC;AmRev Review

Which occurred because more foreigners immigrated to this country in the 19th century?

• Crime rates rose

• America became the largest populated country

• More workers were available to work jobs in cities

• Public education became the law

Before the Industrial Revolution, where were most goods manufactured in America?

• In homes

• In factories

• In Britain

• They weren't

This family is moving from home to the city. Which best describes this below?

• Urban to Rural

• Rural to Rural

• Ural to Bering

• Rural to Urban

What impact did factories and faster transportation have on American industries?

• It modernized it and gave America's economy a huge boost

• It made America's enemies laugh

• It produced never before seen levels of poverty and crime

• It made people forget that

What is a basic concept of creating identical or nearly identical parts to be mass produced?

• electrifixtion

• interchangeable parts

• mass quantities

• interchangeable designs

Which immigrants came to America to escape a shortage of food (famine)?

• Chinese

• French

• Irish

• More Chinese

Which people originally came to the West coast of America to seek getting rich in the gold rush?

• The Chinese

• The Irish

• The Orcs

• The Polish

An economic system in which people freely choose what to buy, what to make and where to work is called....

• Socialism
• Communism
• Traditional Economy
• Free Enterprise

Why were technical advances important to the growth of industrialization?

• Machines produced lower quality products.

• Machine operators purchased equipment to use at home.

• Machines sped up the production process.

• Machine mechanics earned enough wages to join the upper class.

The main type of factories in America in the 1800s were

• food processing factories

• textile factories

• automobile factories

• weapons factories